Mr. Tian Yingzhang is a contemporary calligrapher, who seized the opportunity during the period when calligraphy was just revived and influenced a large number of calligraphy enthusiasts with distinctive calligraphy.
But there has been a lot of debate around Mr. Tian's calligraphy: some people think that Mr. Tian's calligraphy is perfect enough to enter the history of calligraphy; some people think that Mr. Tian's calligraphy style is not very interesting, just a calligrapher.
Mr. Qi Gong calligraphy
Recently, I saw Mr. Qi Gong's work, which was written for Mr. Tian Yingzhang. The subject matter consists of only four words – "like printing". The falling paragraph reads: "Mr. Yingzhang is on the wrist, and in 1997 he wrote a letter of respect for the GongGong. ”
When many people look at these four words, their first reaction is: fake, right? It can be seen that most people do not believe it.
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Is Qi Gong's "like printing" evaluation true?
Mr. Qi Gong's work written to Mr. Tian Yingzhang, if you look at it from the work itself, is no problem, and the word is a typical work of Mr. Qi Gong. There was an objection that Mr. Qi Gong would not judge others in this way. Is this really the case?
Mr. Tian Yingzhang's word
Mr. Qi Gong is gentle and kind, which is the impression he has left on people. Moreover, Mr. Qi Gong is very good at taking care of the emotions of others, and he is also very good at "judging the hour and sizing up the situation", which can be reflected in many of Mr. Qi Gong's anecdotes. Will a gentle elder say bad things when he writes inscriptions to his juniors? Judging from Mr. Qi Gong's style of doing things, it will not be, and it should be for other reasons.
In fact, the four words inscribed by Mr. Qi Gong for Mr. Tian Yingzhangshi should not be pejorative in their original meaning, but a more accurate comment extracted according to the characteristics of Mr. Tian's font. Mr. Tian Yingzhang's calligraphy is standardized and unified, as if it were printed. Taking Mr. Qi Gong's view that "I am not yet well written in the style of the pavilion", it can be seen that his four-word comment on Tian Yingzhang is not a pejorative meaning, but a "standardized" recognition.
Tian Yingzhang calligraphy
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The words "like printing" are intriguing
Mr. Tian Yingzhang's words are good in standardization and beauty, but they are also sick in standardization and beauty. The artistic expression of calligraphy is not something that is easy to say clearly, it needs to be based on extensive absorption of the classic works of predecessors and a large number of technical training, and the excellent elements of ancient times are turned into their own pen and ink.
Mr. Tian Yingzhang took the European style of calligraphy as the basic, and turned the precarious posture and sharp pen of Ouyang Inquiry Kaishu into a peaceful posture and a feminine pen, and the words became beautiful, but the most brilliant things in the European style were all gone, and they became tepid and temperamental standard characters. Especially in the context of contemporary people's increasingly high aesthetic requirements, this drawback is becoming more and more obvious.
We all know that the reason why calligraphy is art, it not only requires technology and skill, but also requires the investment of human feelings, word by word, no rhythm, no temperament, no contradiction, no confrontation, its artistry can not be talked about. This is the difference between writing and calligraphy.
Mr. Qi Gong's four-word comment, "like printing", is really intriguing: if Mr. Qi Gong is praising Tian Yingzhang, it is an affirmation of Mr. Tian's standard writing, but it does not say what the artistic standard is; if Mr. Qi Gong is secretly prompting Mr. Tian Yingzhang, he has also really grasped the weakness of Mr. Tian's calligraphy. Whether it is exaggerated or degraded, the four words show the wisdom of Mr. Qi Gong.
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Why do many people not believe in "like printing"?
For Mr. Qi Gong's work, many people think that it is not true, some people reason is that Mr. Qi Gong will not say this, and other people think that Mr. Tian Yingzhang's calligraphy is not "printed" at all. There are many personal feelings in it, not so much as not believing, but actually unwilling to believe. After all, acknowledging that the Tian Yingzhang calligraphy that he has learned for many years is a "printed body" is a very face-slapping thing.
In the eyes of many people, Mr. Tian Yingzhang is a god-like existence that cannot be criticized. Mr. Tian Yingzhang's words are the supreme standard and are flawless. Of course, this is the achievement of Mr. Tian Yingzhang's deep cultivation in the book world, he gave lectures on television and the Internet, opened a college to accept apprentices, and promoted his own "Tian Kai", but according to the general law of the development of things, it is obvious that such a practice is kidnapping, misleading, and very inappropriate.
Calligraphy pays attention to the variety of styles, pay attention to personality, if everyone writes a dull hand, what artistry can calligraphy have? Mr. Qi Gong's comments just stuck the life of Tian's calligraphy. It is also printed, and it is also printed.
From the perspective of calligraphy, "like printing" means that words have no emotion and no artistry